Fountain-pen



UNITED STATES PATENT UEEICE.'

CHAS. W. KREBS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES IV. KREBs, of

, Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and side of the tube to controlthe pen, or nib, l5"

and extend it beyond and outside of the tube, or to withdraw it insideof the tube when not in use.

To enable others to make and use my invention I will proceed to describeits construction, and operation.

I take a suitable tube, marked A in the accompanying drawing, closed atone end, and tapered into a conical shape at the other, and forming asmall open end through which the ink cannot flow. The tube A is dividedinto two Sections or pieces one being the part tapered or of conicalshape,'C, the other being that marked B. The part B of the tube isprovided on the inside near the 7,798, dated November 26, 1850.

open end with a female screw E, into which screw a screw D upon the pen,or writing piece is fitted, and by working these screws the pen may bedrawn up into tube and eX- tended outside of it. The conical part of thetube marked C is fitted by a smooth joint into the part A and covers thepen when these parts are properly adjusted, and the screw worked the nibmay be extended, or withdrawn into the tube. The pen or nib D is madetapering to lit the piece C and pass through the small end of it.

To use this pen fill the tube A with ink, it the screw D on the pen ornib into the screw E and join the piece C to B then turn the screw, andthe pen may be extended out- 'side of the tube so as to be used towrite.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-The pen nib made to project through the conical termination of thefountain substantially in the manner and for the purpose CHAS. WV.KREBS. lVitnesses IV. P. BROWN, HORACE LITTLE.

